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Anyone listening to Sarah McInerney yesterday morning on RTE radio one would have heard a 23 minute interview with minister for transport, Eamonn Ryan.  By now everyone has watched the short video of minister Ryan caught sleeping during a vote in the Dail, seems he must have been sleeping again when he was informed of the McInerney interview because he was extremely ill prepared. If you need proof of a minister who is way out of his depth you only have to listen back to this 20 minute interview.  Here, regarding School transport, is a short excerpt from the interview...   Sarah .    “School transport is a big one (Contradiction). Parents are very worried, piling kids onto buses where there is no social distancing. What is going to happen there?”    Ryan .     “Government accepted the recommendations of NPHET. The need for us to try and ensure safety in all our different transport systems...what is said is we'll have to look at that fu...

Taxi drivers who have returned to work in recent weeks have found themselves earning less than the minimum wage, less than they were getting on the covid 19 pandemic unemployment payment. There has been no advice on this coming from the NTA, the taxi regulator, and no mention of financial assistance for taxi drivers returning to work. Nor has there been any advice as to what requirements there are when returning to work.   Is a dividing screen effective?  How many passengers should be carried?  How to keep the taxi covid free.  Advice should be given on disinfecting etc.   And is there a grant available to purchase a dividing screen and disinfectant, gloves and masks? Issues taxi drivers have regarding the NTA are far to numerous to mention. Within this blog, issues that constantly arise will be discussed, but the immediate issue now is the lack of advice surrounding the covid 19 pandemic and getting back to work.  It seems taxis are not considere...